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Post by reevesyzapha on Jan 28, 2008 12:43:15 GMT
I am doing research into Parkour and Free-running for my dissertation at university and i wondered How did you originally come in contact with Parkour or Freerunning, and what made you begin practicing? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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Post by ANTISFIT on Jan 28, 2008 20:43:32 GMT
ah, i have a well good story
well, one day, i stayed over at my mates house, and they were looking round on the internet and found some UF videos
and all i thought it was was backflipping off buildings
next day, we went into town, as they jumped off benches, and i just got embarrassed by them.
then, we got into town, and they were running up a wall thing, when luke markey & brad moss came along, and they showed us what it really was, and i got like, addicted
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 29, 2008 9:55:16 GMT
hey reeve i posted in the other thread you started but ive got a question for you...why did you decide to research for parkour and what purpose for? just wonderin  |
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Post by reevesyzapha on Jan 29, 2008 17:53:35 GMT
anthony: when these guys came showed you what it really was how was that different from what you had seen and done before?
pkjsy: i think that parkour is interesting in that it is a sport that engages with the environment in ways that other sports do not. For this reason among some other more abstract ones i think that it is interesting
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Post by ANTISFIT on Jan 29, 2008 20:16:46 GMT
well, i noticed how amazing the movements of these guys were, i was shown that it was not just jumping off high things, and being idiots.
when you see something as amazing as that, it just astounds you, and i just got like, an endorphin fix that i can only keep by training
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Post by gladdygladwin on Jan 29, 2008 20:27:07 GMT
my friend and i ( ver posh ;D ) are the first to bring parkour to our small town, and since we have started a few small groups have strated training with us  i first started off by just finding videos and random adverts, i decided to try a few simple moves and and found that they were addictive, as simple as being addicitve  and unique ;D |
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 29, 2008 22:19:23 GMT
anthony: when these guys came showed you what it really was how was that different from what you had seen and done before? pkjsy: i think that parkour is interesting in that it is a sport that engages with the environment in ways that other sports do not. For this reason among some other more abstract ones i think that it is interesting parkour isnt a sport dude its a practise |
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Post by ANTISFIT on Jan 29, 2008 22:35:12 GMT
anthony: when these guys came showed you what it really was how was that different from what you had seen and done before? pkjsy: i think that parkour is interesting in that it is a sport that engages with the environment in ways that other sports do not. For this reason among some other more abstract ones i think that it is interesting parkour isnt a sport dude its a practise told you we were helping ;-) |
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 30, 2008 9:42:36 GMT
huh lol
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Post by ANTISFIT on Jan 30, 2008 14:55:10 GMT
well, when crawty posts the blunt points, hes helping you learn
which has just been shown ;-)
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Post by rogers on Feb 16, 2008 19:27:03 GMT
I started without knowing (I think this is how alot of people start ). I used to do gymnastics and slowly I started to do it outside, and then someone told me what I was doing was parkour...and from then on i have been a freerunner |
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Post by kidkunjer on Mar 6, 2008 17:15:09 GMT
I started by doing tricks with rollerblades when there was that fad ages ago. But it was just before a growth spurt and they didn't fit me for long. I started doing railing jumps and silly things on foot for comedy value for my friends at the time (I’m the groups joker). I started to realise the possibilities that not wearing skates could bring. I combined it with copying some stuff from Jackie Chan movies when he climbs stuff. Then i saw a documentary late night i think it was C4, advertising the Yamasaki movie (which to this day I’ve never seen). I realised other people where doing what i was and it had a name. Did it a lot. Then kind of forgot about it for a few years until I saw D13 and was like oh yeah I did that! And started up again with a new maturity and spiritual insight |
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Post by gladders on Mar 6, 2008 19:48:11 GMT
8-)wicked way to put it man ! mien aws similar - i did it without knowing - but nothnig to do with rollerblades etc it just happened and then people stated it out parkour etc i cant really explain  |
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Post by jon G on Mar 6, 2008 20:46:38 GMT
well i my m8 told me about it and we did some stuff in me garden and then went from there really. but my m8 doesnt do it anymore cus of his GF
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Post by gladders on Mar 6, 2008 20:50:58 GMT
what obsitcle were there in your garden?
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